[mythtv-users] Problems with 1920x1080 display

Jurgen Kramer gtm.kramer at inter.nl.net
Thu Feb 9 17:39:46 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 14:40 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> On 2/8/2006 12:15 PM Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 10:58 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> >   
> >> On 2/8/2006 9:35 AM Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 09:52 -0500, Patrick A. Ouellette wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Is anyone else experiencing this?  If I set my X resolution to 1920x1080
> >>>> on my combined frontend/backend, mythfrontend starts fine (displays the 
> >>>> menu, you can make selections, etc.), but when I attempt to watch a
> >>>> recording or live tv the system hangs and has to be reset.  If I have 
> >>>> the resolution set at 720x480 everything works fine (those are the 2 
> >>>> resolutions my display supports).
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Yep, same problem here. Both mythvideo and mplayer make X consume 100%
> >>> CPU. Not even a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE will help. Running at 720p works
> >>> perfectly. I tryd using 1080i, maybe X/the nvidia driver has a problem
> >>> with interlacing?
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Which nvidia driver are you using?  There have been many posts about 
> >> nvidia driver versions greater than 7676 causing issues with OpenGL vsync.
> >>     
> >
> > I am using the latest, version 8178. I have OpenGL vsync turned off, It
> > won't work properly. I really hope nvidia comes with an updated version
> > soon...
> 
> I have to ask...  What is it you need that the 8178 driver provides that 
> 7676 does not?  If there is nothing you need, then why not downgrade to 
> 7676?

I thought my 6200 was not supported with 7676 but it is, so I am going
to try if 7676 works better. If it does....I'll send another bug report
to nvidia. Last time I tried it had some difficulty with the EDID data
from my LCD TV.

Thanks,

Jurgen




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